Tiny MacBook Air Clone Riles Gadget Writer

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Tiny MacBook Air Clone Riles Gadget Writer

Leander Kahney, of the Cult of Mac blog, doesn’t like this Mac-alike PC notebook. In fact, he hates it. Listen:

[…] a butt-ugly MacBook Air knockoff. It promises to be dirt cheap but misses the point by being fatter and uglier. The knockoff also has a smaller screen — 11″ instead of 13″ — runs a shit processor and has no RAM (1.6GHz Intel Atom and 1GB DDR2).

Don’t hold back, Leander. Say what you mean. The knock-off is detailed at Shanzai.com, and manages to pack in a few things not found in the MacBook Air: Two USB ports instead of one, an ethernet jack, an SD card reader and a removable battery. It’s unlikely it’ll ever come to the US, but if it does, you’ll be able to spot it by its Windows key. And the fact that, viewed from any angle but the one above-left, it’s butt-ugly.